VICTORIA -- Two Victoria police officers are being credited with intervening in a sexual assault that took place in Hawaii in late December.
According to Victoria Police Chief Del Manak, the two officers — Cst. Hayley Swann and Cst. Brent Keddell — were on vacation in Kona, located on Hawaii's largest island, when the attack took place.
In a tweet, Manak said that the off-duty officers were alerted to the danger when they heard a woman's screams while out for a run in a park.
According to Hawaii News Now, the suspect, Justin Bardwell, has since been charged with sexual assault and kidnapping.
Before Bardwell was taken into custody for the park incident, the 32-year-old was already accused of setting fire to a vacation rental home in November.
